To get started, first download the Telerik Testing Framework installer package directly from the Products page. Once the installation is complete, you will have all of the following placed in the Telerik Testing Framework %InstallDir% folder:

The Telerik Automation Infrastructure library. ArtOfTest.WebAii.dll (for version 2010 and older, ArtOfTest.Common.dll is also included).

Chrome: You should download and install manually Telerik Test Studio Chrome Playback extension from the Chrome Web Store. See this article for direct extension links.

Safari client: Automatically installed in your install directory.

Silverlight plug-in: ArtOfTest.WebAii.Mime.dll.

Our HTTP Proxy: ArtOfTest.WebAii.HttpProxy.exe.

ASP.NET TestRegion Custom Control: ArtOfTest.WebAii.AspNet.dll.

Visual Studio item templates for VS Team Test, NUnit, MbUnit and xUnit (Both VB.NET and C#). These are automatically registered with Visual Studio.

90+ Unit Test Code Samples to help illustrate the different features of the Telerik Testing Framework. You will find 4 zipped solutions: (QuickStarts_NUnit_CS.zip, QuickStarts_VSTS_CS.zip, QuickStarts_NUnit_VB.zip, QuickStarts_VSTS_VB.zip). You can use the sample solution that fits your language and testing framework of preference.

Release notes: ReleaseNotes.txt

API Reference help file. Documentation.chm

Link to the online Documentation including the Getting Started Guide.

Link to the online community forums.

Link to Telerik Premier Support description.

Both the Telerik Testing Framework library and the Internet Explorer client are installed and ready to use once the installation is complete. The templates are also installed into your local templates for the current user. You also have a copy of these templates under %InstallDir%\Visual Studio Templates.

If you are not using NUnit or Visual Studio Team Test, you can still use Telerik Testing Framework from a Console Application, a Class Library, or a Windows Application. Simply follow the rest of the instructions below.

Once Telerik Testing Framework is installed on the target machine, you can easily start using it from your .NET project by simply referencing the ArtOfTest.WebAii.dll (and ArtOfTest.Common.dll for version 2010 and older) file placed in your %InstallDir%. Those are the only dll's you need to reference to get the full functionality. To reference the Telerik library:

Select your project in the Solution Explorer in Visual Studio, or start a new project.

Right-click the References folder displayed in the solution and select 'Add Reference'.

Navigate to the ArtOfTest.WebAii.dll installed on your machine in your %InstallDir%\bin folder.

Select ArtOfTest.WebAii.dll (and ArtOfTest.Common.dll for version 2010 and older).

Before calling into any of the Telerik library methods, you need to make sure that you have properly initialized an instance of the Manager object passing in the settings you want used for this instance. To initialize the project:

The Manager object exposes all methods/properties needed to perform browser automation, element identification, logging and DOM traversal including TestRegion identification. Below is a brief description of the key objects exposed off the Manager and their corresponding key object properties/methods:

Object

Type Name

Brief Description

Key Objects/Methods Exposed

Quick Start Tutorials

Manager.ActiveBrowser

ArtOfTest.WebAii.
Core.Browser

The most recent launched browser instance. You can use it to invoke actions, access the loaded document DOM and perform element identification and extraction using the Browser.Find object.